Hi Ned,

Thanks.  Your logic is rational here, I'll close it, and open another if I can carve out time to attack this with an appropriate patch for setup.py - to attempt resolution of the 3rd party library build issues.

However, off the top of your head if you know of any more related tickets, (like Issue5575), I'd love to know- I'll cull through to try to find as many related bug reports as possible to get a feel for what people have tried.

Best,
.ike